Arcane Battery Chroma: Refreshed | Warframe

[@Unified-Codex]

Apparently I had an extinguished dragon key on during this video, so the excellent damage you see was only 25% of the actual output! Goes to show how strong Chroma is

[@destroyer99612]

💀

[@NovakWs]

have done that recently too. was doing 99% in a mission and then saw my key debufd

[@Wooskii1]

I spaced and accidentally left the decaying? key (the old shield gate one) equipped for like two full weeks after the shield rework. I had absolutely no clue and only noticed when someone in pub asked me "Why do you still use the dragon key?". I answered something like "Cause apparently it doesn't even matter" lol... I decided I'd try passing up Catalyzing Shields and to deal with the .33 seconds plus whatever Brief Respite (or even a single Auger mod) happens to give me. I mean I was getting by just fine like that, totally oblivious, for 2 weeks anyway. To my surprise it worked out great. I slotted C.S. once, maxed it out, and haven't touched it since. I have more fun going pure offense/ "glass cannon" with most shield gate builds. Maybe I just keep sleeping on C.S. until a big rework makes me use it? Who knows?

[@kvab24]

Bro had a limiter💀

[@D4nK0d2]

Rock lee/Goku head ass

[@Hashtag_JagSwag]

Fun fact, shivering contagion actually acts as a stat stick when its placed on your companion weapon, meaning you don't have to put it on the glaxion. I would use that spot for more crit damage from vital sense or punch through if your running vile acceleration instead of primed shred.

[@Red-hm8cd]

Yo Codex, you're the reason I've been able to actually enjoy using Chroma. Appreciate what you do man, keep it up

[@Levity02]

You know what else is fun with Arcane Battery? Throw it on Wukong, then when you use his 3 and get a bunch of extra armor, you also get a bunch of extra energy capacity. Perfect for cloud slam builds, you can really spam the 2 as much as you want.

[@nguyenhuyduc9151]

it is just overthinking. Normal slam wukong has not that problem if you go high eff( without arcane energy, nourish, operator skill, gear at all). Just high( not need to go very high) and energy nexus

[@cyanide7270]

Another good option is Valkyr. Give her Arcane Battery, use Health Conversion (3x +450 armour on health pickup) which becomes permanent as Hysteria prevents the damage that would otherwise remove the conversion, and you can have Blind Rage on to dump efficiency plus other strength mods, pop Warcry and now youve got 1195 energy. Grab equilibrium and a Synth Deconstruct Diriga with priming, Lycaths hunt, and 5 x violet melee crit archon shards, of which you get the x2 crit damage bonus permanently as well since youll never drop below 500 energy? Oh look, Ragekitty is now permanently enraged and can spin-to-win one shot practically everything she sees :D

[@nguyenhuyduc9151]

@@cyanide7270 iirc energy is not problem with valkyr. The problem is null or something like that. What will you do when a corpus squas with null appear? The minor problem is he need slide spin to attack effective

[@cyanide7270]

@@nguyenhuyduc9151 Unless you specifically go for Efficiency and Duration, energy will be a problem, but going that way means you cant take many, if any, strength mods to help buff Warcry, whatever helminth you have, and your Talons damage. Going with Arcane Battery lets you do the opposite, and build strength why not worrying as much about Duration and Efficiency. Nullifiers arent a problem, because on her talons if you have Primed Reach and/or Spring-loaded Blade, her slide attack takes the shield down before you even get close to it. As for using slide attack to be effective, why WOULDNT you go spin-to-win? when her slide attack is one of the highest damaging melee attacks in the game. Its also not hard to make a macro for it.

[@Levity02]

@@nguyenhuyduc9151 Sure, except I'm running 45% efficiency and 269% duration. The cloud lasts over five seconds, and I can use it as a primary method of mobility since nourish/energy nexus/wellspring regenerate more than it costs to use by the time it ends. However, if you're spamming the ability rapidly, there isn't enough time for the energy to regenerate, so that's when it's nice to have a higher energy capacity. Kill enemies, pick up orbs with equillibrium, then you can spam as much as you want when there's stuff to kill, or you float around as much as you want when you're just getting around the map.

[@TadianPlays]

Chroma was one of my favorite frames before I went on a years long warframe break. That build is my target now, still missing a lot of stuff to build that thing though.

[@Goosyx]

One thing about Shivering Contagion is that if you put it on your sentinel it will also avtivate on your primary. Saving you a slot and apparently also activates for all your weaopons not just primaries but not sure about that part.

[@Stereo-hb2lo]

Tried this build again after 1999 released, ran a netracell solo and it was by far the easiest end game thing I've ever done. Im only lacking prime sure footed to avoid the staggers, but still survived pretty easily when flooded with eximus units.

[@ddaavvee95510]

Really well made build and video, im going to try it out right now.

[@iiTzSnowy]

1900 energy is insane

[@brandonwolfe369]

this build is crazy good

[@novAviator01]

I’m still building the original so hopefully I get to build this one

[@Unified-Codex]

Its the same but better

[@kvab24]

Yea this convinced me to get the lex prime. Very cool build

[@novAviator01]

I’m not a huge fans of incarnons so me personally I think I’ll use the tenet plinx alt fire since it’s multi CO which means it insane with Chroma Vex armor

[@ENERGYSWORDKILL]

Ive been using a similar build since jade shadows came out it tanks so much damage.

[@ENERGYSWORDKILL]

ive been want to try parasitic armor but i dont have it unlocked yet, im wonder if it can give your max armor stacks after use.

[@charlesfreeze3997]

Not going to lie this makes me want to get and use Chroma now.

[@Unified-Codex]

He is based, do it

[@Wooskii1]

Thanks for the update 👍 I've been using Nourish since the beginning when I copied your battery "circuit" idea. I know my mods were different from the start, but I did use Prime Flow and have been thinking the huge energy pool probably isn't so important when most of the damage to health is coming from Combat Discipline, so after seeing well it's working for you, I'll go ahead and free up that mod slot too... I don't remember what I landed on, but I can think of a couple things that would be nice in that slot. I also need to switch up my shards, but im definitely keeping the two purple melee crit damage shards.

[@daviluismarchese7657]

i dont need all the crit chance, so i put the arcane reaper for more Armor.

[@Unified-Codex]

Molt Augmented would result in more str from buffing Vex Armor than reaper gives while also buffing your damage and nourish even more.

[@Wooskii1]

I've also been playing around with reaper and Xoris, also molt reconstruction. With reconstruction you gain back more health (aka energy) than you spend which can be nice with combat discipline. This build is both OP and flexible with synergies, so it's not a huge deal if you change things around as long as you have the initial health to energy to health loop going.

[@Okaazkul]

@@Unified-Codex Molt Augmented is not very good to boost Vex Armor because you will need to wait for the first Vex Armor to run out before recasting the next one. The more you invest in duration the more long you need to wait, and when you can finally recast you will be at risk of dying.

[@Beefercow]

I use ultimatum for armor buffing

[@Unified-Codex]

This is not a real concern, magus lockdown / shield pads / getting melee kills fast are all easy ways to cap the armor again before taking damage - and 250 kills will be stacked in just a few minutes

[@villainyouneed]

Beautiful big numbers!

[@satiivaindiica]

I'm pretty committed now to using chroma on all sp content. Maybe you should do an entire sp playthrough using only chroma

[@CHosey219]

I still dont get why you need the +3 corrosion stacks on the archon shard when you kill enemies before all armor is stripped. Wouldn't a tau forged blue for more armor be better get to more energy without the temporary buff? Also Reinforced Bond isn't just fire rate increases to your companion. It is to you as well which makes it so amazing.

[@Unified-Codex]

I didn't say it was a fire rate buff for the companion, I know it effects the whole loadout that's why I put it on. An armor shard would be a terrible idea with how much armor Vex Armor already gives and the energy from battery is capped at +1k which we already hit thanks to VA, there is no more energy to be gained. The corrosive shard is to ensure damage scaling into very high levels - if you wanted to replace it you could do another health or str shard.

[@endyp9927]

I tried Health shard, but I ran out of health and energy very quickly. I stay with health regen ❤ It just feels better and I don't run out of my casting juice.

[@yurygrazzini1976]

Hi once i used a similar one build but with the Battery i prefere change something, if u want try i raccomend to don't use narrow minded or other duration mods, change with umbral vitality to gain PV and increase your stregth ability, than change the first ability with Helmith u prefere and fix the fire like emissive element, u have a short duration so every 16 sec u can heal and improuve your life with the second ability , guardian armour also became nore usefull because u have the time to use or maintein buta if u want use molt augmented u can let the 3 ability finish easly to recast with the new bonus,. Combat discipline is perfect because with 6 7 kills u have again the bonus nevermind if u kill with primary or melee. I use this with 5 red tau forged shards to increase the ability strecth and i have big potence large energy reserv and large life reserv. u are letteraly immortal. for helmith ability i like Wrathfull advance or Nourish the only build where i maintein narrow minded is because i use pillage to strip 100% armour with one shot. hope u like this my intervent

[@novAviator01]

I’ve decided me personally love this build but I’ll change transient fortitude with umbral vitality change the blue shards for tauforged red ability strength (so 851 final health as opposed to 820 with blue shards) remove narrow minded since I don’t have transient change it for equilibrium and so now I’ll fit in synth decon on my companion I gain back my duration from transient and the range from narrow and lose only 14% strength and 72% duration from narrow not as min maxxed but better feeling personally also I use power drift which makes up for the lost strength because I dont have/like PSF

[@lordderppington4694]

I feel like running equilibrium won't be worth it just because you are literally in a positive energy loop. You convert at least 100% of the damage you take into energy, and you convert your energy into twice the health. keep narrow minded, slot primed continuity instead, put on an auger mod if the -14 str bothers you. Heck, slot umbral fiber, you'll be at -3 str and +like 900 armor (though at these numbers it won't do much) I'd personally try to fit on flow to eek out every energy pool max I can, since getting hit for more than your energy max just kills you through quick thinking.

[@Ed.I3oi]

Chroma was one of the first Primes I ever got when I first started kinda neglected since I recently returned to the game again looks like im gunna do some updating to him Quick question but how would this build fare in void cascade??

[@matthew_mage2363]

What coulor emissive should we use?

[@novAviator01]

Up to you since you can change it ingame anyway but I think cold is decent for the damage and armor buff from elemental ward

[@north5715]

hey nice build! been using it for days now and i am not gonna lie this made chroma so much fun to play.. and also what is a great alternative/s for arcane avenger? much appreciated brother :")

[@Stereo-hb2lo]

So yes, i love hearing about nourish as much as the next veiwer, working on getting it too But besides that or empower, what can be another decent option? Lunar Eclipse for the DR? Roar?

[@Zelsius00]

Eclipse, Roar and Xata's whisper are mutually exclusive along with Vex armor, you can't 2 of them at the same time. With the low range on the build the options will be limited, maybe Dispensary to upkeep energy without Hunter adrenaline, War cry/Wrathful advance for melee focused gameplay, Pillage for armorstrip without the need of the green shard, Shooting gallery for some extra damage and CC (dmg being additive to vex armor, so not much of a gain there)... idk it depends on what you want to achieve.

[@Unified-Codex]

Use whatever feels good for you but Nourish is a clear pick

[@K.Dębski]

hi wnated to know if elemental ward is still bugged or can I use cold?

[@MrKarapasa]

can u pls plssssss make wisp build using bubonico and throwing zaw dagger. gamestyle double jump + bubo radial attack 2-3x times + and throw dagger.. in one jump. i love the gameplay like that very much.. but im so outdated just play a bit here n than.. i have no idea where to begin.. to make it all content build. when i login i stare the screen and have no idea anymore whats going on, just finished the last quest yesterday. gotta keep survival up and speed + fire rate.. than the combo an synergy of the 2 weapons.

[@SG-qi5jg]

Whynot nourish pn his 1

[@specter__-007]

Question here; Does corrupted missions differ from normal ones? I heard you saying the build will work better in fissure missions and I was confused. Amazing build by the way!

[@Unified-Codex]

In fissure missions you can get the double str and range buff

[@specter__-007]

@@Unified-Codex Oh, The buff you get from cracking relics? I forgot about them. Your build is amazing btw, I don't mainly use chroma but I think I'll start using this build and use him more. Great video!

[@hurka.design]

In my testings Primed Fever Strike was better than straight up electricity damage for the Xoris, which already has forced electricity on the heavy attack blast. If you switch to Primed Fever Strike the weapon's damage will become Corrosive, but it procs electricity when popping Volatile Quick Return regardless, and so does Influence. And Primed Pressure Point worked better than Primed Smite Orokin for some reason, I know it shouldn't and faction mods benefit from Influence's spread more, but I killed lvl 200 Corrupted Heavy gunners with 2-3 throws using PPS instead of the 4-5-6 using PSO.

[@Unified-Codex]

Pressure Point is most certainly no where near as useful on a Chroma setup

[@hurka.design]

@@Unified-Codex I was testing it for general use with other frames. Chroma is a different beast, literally.

[@Unified-Codex]

Well then yes obviously you would need a base damage mod if not playing as chroma, this is not surprising. The primed smite mod is absolutely not the mod to replace though, that is a insane damage loss not getting the influence double / triple dips - you can drop glad might or shocking touch in that case

[@WolfHeroEX]

Two questions: 1. Does Guardian Armor actually absorb the damage that your squad takes, or does it just duplicate the damage onto him? Apparently it's considered true damage so it doesn't proc adaptation? 2. I've replaced Corrupt Charge with Galvanized Reflex and it feels even smoother, but Galvanized Elementalist definitely makes the Xoris feel too slow to charge. Does influence really make that status chance worthwhile? (I do realize they hadn't come out when you made this update video) Since I've mostly been using the Xoris I've swapped out the Emerald Shard for a normal Amber Shard, to (just barely) get all three abilities online immediately without the need of a pizza. The start of the mission was definitely the roughest part for this build on my end, so this feels a lot smoother. Depending on the level of the mission, I couldn't rely on my Tenet Glaxion's base damage alone before Vex Armor, but I guess then again I could have just started with Vex Armor instead of Nourish... Feels like I'm learning a lot from this setup. I've really been enjoying Chroma because of this video, thanks for that, but I do feel like his 1 is just sorta sitting there, can't really do anything with it. Hopefully he gets some minor adjustments again in the future.

[@TheArrivalCyberse]

Okay so why are you running 1 emerald? I understand the whole "it strips 99% of armor" but isn't the whole reason you full strip because later in the game 1% of armor is more than the dmg bonus you gain from corrosive.

[@ddddrazen]

Armor is capped at 2700 now, no more millions of armor so when you strip 99%, they got only 27 armor left

[@Verus07]

This was the case until the Jade Shadows patch. Armor stripping is less required for builds now (though still a great damage increase).

[@iFINNIX]

why use combat discipline instead of something like growing power? avenger is already triggering cause youre taking damage on your hp and even when you do have shields avenger still triggers on damage to them

[@novAviator01]

It helps with a avenger and it does damage to your health so vex armor scales with that

[@dracobutwhatever8611]

This is so that when enemies arent strong enough to hurt or are too strong that they instakill, so you can still do a good job with getting that vex armour buff

[@Charlie_The_Deer]

hello i am interested in working on this build for my chroma. however i have a question that i want to ask you. i have a focus lens on my chroma, is there a particular focus lens that i can up on to make the build better or is it just a whatever you want on?

[@Unified-Codex]

Focus lens don't affect the build, they just determine which focus school will gain affinity while playing as the frame. If you meant to ask what the best actual school to use is, I would say Madurai for the str buff

[@raashodwashington7660]

How do you still have so much energy without primed flow?

[@Goosyx]

He has an invigoration that gives him 200% for 1 week so he doesn't need it. That an arcane battery gives him like 1000 energy because of how much armor he has.

[@Shotgun.Philosophy]

What a funny moment when you showed off the Lex Incarnon against a Acolyte and it was… Mist. Literally💀😂😂😂

[@reginaldwhitlock5248]

How do u keep 3X stacks on ur xoris

[@ddddrazen]

How do you have over 4k and 3k vex armor buffs? Is it because of the invigors? I got only a little over 1k

[@Unified-Codex]

Fissure Corruption

[@matthew_mage2363]

Im dealing self dmg with the melee an killing myself???? I thought that was fixed

[@kalvorax]

They REALLY need to change chroma's buffing so we DONT need to dispell the 3 in order to get the benefits from higher strength after initial casting....

[@kalvorax]

and i just built a new Chroma prime to try this build as my original has 2 umbral forma on it :\

[@taylerphoenix9388]

I'm currently testing if umbral fiber is a better way to go instead of this whole setup so it might still have a use

[@IMZAMORAK]

take it to level cap?

[@Unified-Codex]

Wont do well that high

[@Reorobert24]

Bro had to flex that he has all relics

[@Unified-Codex]

Caught in 4k

[@taylerphoenix9388]

Hi, why do you run that augment mod?

[@Unified-Codex]

It allows you to maintain vex by just killing, no active management - not having to recast also means you can snapshot range of vex aura in fissures when corrupted

[@novAviator01]

I wonder how this would “handle” level cap

[@Unified-Codex]

Its a health tank so not well

[@lordderppington4694]

Taking damage over your energy pool kills you through quick thinking, That's why qt rage builds stopped to begin with. With easily 90% dr from chroma armor though, 90% from adaptation, the 2.4 multiplier on qt, and the 1,900 energy pool, that's 451,440 damage to one shot you through qt, excluding health? I believe, which is well within level cap damage ranges, but I'll take you past 1,000.

[@Falkor_HD]

Can you do this without shards?

[@Unified-Codex]

Yes its just worse

[@triforceterror4056]

Wouldn’t Eclipse make you tankier than nourish

[@Unified-Codex]

Can’t use eclipse without replacing Vex, not an option

[@novAviator01]

Can’t believe I’m gonna have to shill in comment sections for this build again jk love these videos

[@KhristianBolano]

Nourish, in my max strength build?

[@novAviator01]

Ik ik another comment although I enjoyed the last 5 minutes of gameplay I wouldn’t recommend it since most people won’t and will click off the video and viewer is retention is pretty important for being recommended KZbin is about min maxxing you could always post a short and link in the description or just a second channel to not affect stats on this one

[@gabrieleloiacono2829]

nourish and u use energy and hunter adrenaline. Sorry but i dont understand this I prefer 400% strength

[@GH0ST-0F-X]

why am i getting one shotted even when i have max energy and i am energy tanking :(

[@Unified-Codex]

Perhaps the Jade Light

[@lordfisch7412]

Does Chroma also buff your Opperator?

[@Unified-Codex]

No

[@slick2089]

What Amp setup do you use?

[@Unified-Codex]

147

[@amitharrichan5837]

How i get the green shard?

[@lordrabbit7367]

Fuse a blue and a yellow shard

[@ryoougi9088]

you can get the coalescent helmintg segment from bird 3 on SA. and then combine blue and yellow shard

[@EdgarsRDunis]

FYI, You can fuse taufirged shards too, thus gainin no 2, but 3 max corrosive stacks

[@emptylance7340]

does it matter what element your chroma is?

[@Unified-Codex]

I use heat for the extra health or toxin for the reload speed

[@gemwildiaz4102]

Can this build work in profit taker?

[@Unified-Codex]

Yes, I would alter some things though, like using arcane acceleration most likely

[@gemwildiaz4102]

Thanks i really like this build but im thinking if this can tank in profit but now u said it i will build it now thanks again ❤️

[@Darthmufin]

Ive never had energy issues on chroma so i dont really understand battery lol

[@fuzzo2734]

More EHP, More energy mean he tank more bcz of hunter adrenaline + quick thinking

[@Unified-Codex]

Quick Thinking EHP increase + Secondary Surge in single cast makes the reasoning pretty clear I would think, lol

[@Darthmufin]

Eh i guess

[@Wooskii1]

I think about it like a circuit flowing between health and energy, constantly refilling both just by playing.

[@jasonatreides2542]

I use blue armor shards= more energy, I throw on health conversion and because I dun run this set up(which is fantastic btw) I run arcane guardian. Anyone care to imagine the energy pool? 😅😊

[@Unified-Codex]

Battery caps at 1k energy, your setup would get the same energy as mine. Armor shards or mods are a complete waste of modding for chroma when you already get thousands from Vex Armor

[@jasonatreides2542]

@@Unified-Codex wld u kindly do a live recording in the simalacrum adding the above , proc the buffs n show us the results pls..ty

[@Unified-Codex]

No need to do that, I already know battery is capped at 1k energy - just to make sure you understand how it works thats 1k EXTRA energy so yes the total is over 1k because chroma prime has 300 base energy, so with base + battery its 1,300 - this is incredibly easy to see for yourself if for some reason you don’t trust the literal description of the arcane in game

[@jasonatreides2542]

@@Unified-Codex there is a need to do that when I AM flat telling u otherwise. Consider it a simple call our. Do the set up proc health conversion and guardian and see the enegy. See you may be knew around here but the great thing about these online nerd battles, atleast w warframe is that we can prove/disprove claims quite easily. So now you know.

[@Unified-Codex]

How much energy should I have then assuming you are correct? And with what other mods - primed flow for example or is battery your only energy source? I can’t validate anything without knowing what numbers you expect EDIT: A day later and still no response, guessing you realized you were wrong and of course you won't admit that - but that's ok at least "Now you know'

[@lastsentinel20]

Can you do a Steel Path Loadout video? I haven't seen anyone do one yet. By loadout I mean the frame, and all weapons used, as well as any gear items.

[@Unified-Codex]

My "Lazy Revenant Loadout" video is the closest to that

[@RealBigWaffle]

so with invigoration you get over 1000 max energy at the very start so makes sense to change primed flow for narrow minded. but what if invigoration ends? do you switch it back to primed flow? (max 435 energy yikes)

[@Unified-Codex]

Still 1300 energy with just arcane battery - build does not change

[@RealBigWaffle]

@@Unified-Codex so I should switch primed flow for narrow minded? max energy at the start will be 435 which isn't that much. of course while playing and the build doing its thing your max energy spikes up to like what 1000+? it just seems a bit annoying for when there aren't enemies for a moment because then the 1000+ max energy will go back to 435 which kinda sucks tbh. I can't choose between primed flow or narrow minded wish we had an extra slot😭🙏

[@Unified-Codex]

@@RealBigWaffle once Vex Armor is up its permanent, you don’t HAVE to get kills to keep it going, you can still just manually refresh it - use Narrow Minded

[@RealBigWaffle]

@@Unified-Codex thanks this helped a lot!🙏

[@Tobykanobi1]

1900 energy wtf man

[@CopingorCooking]

"Bro fell off" comme t averter

[@Unified-Codex]

My hero

[@Tropicalplayer]

Deleting simulator

[@ChromaticBlade]

Please dont use guardian armor unless you are a solo player , it will kill you VERY fast in 200ish lvl content . The damage your pals take to their shields will convert to true damage to YOUR HEALTH

[@Okaazkul]

Guardian Armor does non-lethal damage (meaning it will leave at 3 HP at worse) Using Quick Thinking will make you use your energy to take hits when you should take a lethal hit (leaving you at 2 HP). That why maxing your energy with Arcane Battery is important for this build. I have a support variarion of this build and I never die from the damage caused by Guardian Armor.

[@nguyenhuyduc9151]

still the same. even+ 1000% armor is not enough for survive, High energy to keep shield gate work( i think so). If you want to show off how good the damage buff work, just use multiply CO buff like aeolak, latron incarnon or just arca plasmor. Lex is like arca plasmor but you just proved how bad it is ( even with extreme high damage per shot) and it is normal CO

[@novAviator01]

Glaxion is for the energy you seem to be missing the main goal which is to energy tank, epitaph prime just came out and that’s multi CO could use that but people can figure that out for themselves

[@novAviator01]

Also he had an extinguished dragon key on during this video which means only 25% damage

[@Unified-Codex]

This build survives for multiple hours in SP survival, so the fact that it doesn't survive beyond that , which is irrelevant to 99% of players, doesn't really matter